Album of Yesterday

Afraid of Sunlight, by Marillion (1995): This was the first Marillion album I bought when it was new, back in the summer of 1995 (my last summer offline, I might add, which led me to miss their concert in Pittsburgh that year!). My first impressions were less than enthusiastic, as only the title track and the bombastic "King" made any real impact on me. The rest was too slight, too poppy. Over the years, it has really really grown on me. It is, in fact, one of their poppier efforts (at least since Holidays in Eden), but it's very well done. In fact, the final run of "Afraid of Sunrise" through the aforementioned "King" may be the best chuck of H-era Marillion around.